Junior Manager: MSME Training & Events

Fetola; Cape Town; Hybrid; ZAR 349.000 - 488.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Flexible working policy

Medical aid

Study support

Extra leave

Zusammenfassung

Fetola in Cape Town offers a hybrid role for a Junior Manager in MSME Training & Events. You will coordinate and deliver training programs, manage event schedules, registrations and facilitator logistics to ensure high-quality outcomes across portfolios.

You should have a relevant degree and strong LMS/CRM/Zoom experience, plus the ability to handle multiple stakeholders and deadlines. The role includes a competitive salary and benefits in a collaborative environment.

Qualifikationen

• Degree in events management, business management/administration, project management or communications.
• Experience in the events industry and/or a network of event-related service providers is critical.
• Minimum 5 years' relevant experience in training, event programme/project management or delivery, or a similar operational role.
• Demonstrated experience managing multiple stakeholders, deadlines and activities through to successful delivery.
• Strong organisational and administrative skills with excellent attention to detail.
• Experience with LMS, registration-form, CRM and Zoom administration would be advantageous.
• Experience or knowledge of enterprise development, entrepreneurship or the SMME environment would be advantageous.

Aufgaben

• Own the operational execution of MSME Training and ecosystem events, ensuring activities are planned, coordinated and delivered to the required standard.
• Manage training schedules and participant administration, including calendars, registrations, agendas, pre-work, surveys and communications.
• Coordinate facilitators, speakers, mentors, participants and internal stakeholders to ensure smooth delivery of portfolio deliverables including events.
• Manage workshop systems, data and reporting, including LMS administration, attendance, feedback, results and monthly/quarterly reporting.
• Coordinate financial administration including commitment-fee payments, invoices and workshop requirements.
• Oversee external logistics providers – end to end management of logistics service providers.
• Support ecosystem events and opportunities, including event applications, travel, collateral, speakers, mentors, participant communications and exhibition support.

Kenntnisse

Event management

Project management

Stakeholder management

Communications

Ausbildung

Degree in Events Management/Related field

Tools

LMS

Zoom

CRM

Jobbeschreibung

Plumstead, South Africa | Posted on 15/10/2026

We are different. Probably very different from anywhere else you have worked. We are agile, inclusive, challenging, and innovative. We dislike hierarchies and titles and like simplicity and transparency. When we say we work as a team we really mean it. Everyone from the newest intern to the CEO is included in strategic planning and weekly team sessions.

Fetola helps people to start & grow successful businesses. Our mission is to deliver sustainable solutions to help solve unemployment, inequality, and poverty. We do this by helping people build thriving, and environmentally sound businesses that grow the economy, create inclusive wealth, and generate jobs. We are best known for our business accelerators that focus on youth, rural & township sectors, the circular economy, social enterprise, and for our impact – 87.3% of businesses that graduate from our accelerators are still in business ten years later. This is 9 times the national average.

Job Description

Join Fetola and Make aDifference as a Junior Manager: MSME Training & Events

Hybridset-up

Salary: R 31 264– R43 769 per month

Location: While Fetola is based in Cape Town this role will be Johannesburg based

“Our purposeis simple: we help people to start, grow & scale successful businesses”.

Who are we?

Fetola is asocial enterprise dedicated to sustainable MSME development as a means totackle unemployment, inequality, and poverty. With a strong track record inbusiness start-up and acceleration, we help entrepreneurs build thriving,environmentally sound businesses that drive economic growth and job creation.Our innovative approach, diverse programs, investment funds, and strategicpartnerships position us at the forefront of impactful change in South Africa.

Agile,inclusive, and results-driven, we foster a collaborative culture where everyvoice matters. With 87% of our accelerator alumni still in business after tenyears, this is nine times the national average as we are committed to creatingdeep, lasting impact. True to our name, which means "change" inSesotho, we believe that together, we can ‘Fetola’ the world!

At the heartof all we do is our commitment to People, Planet and Profitability —ensuring afuture where businesses thrive while making a meaningful difference.

Who are we looking for?

We are particularly interested insomeone who understands and is passionate about the MSME training &development and events ecosystem. Experience or networks within the eventsindustry, as well as experience working with Learning Management Systems (LMS),would be an added advantage.

• iscomfortable working across projects, events and MSME-focused initiatives (withfocus on entrepreneur training), with strong attention to detail and theability to manage competing deadlines without losing sight of the biggerpicture.
• ahighly organised, proactive and people-oriented delivery professional whoenjoys making things happen.
• cantake ownership of multiple moving parts,
• canwork confidently with different stakeholders and keep things on track fromplanning through to delivery.
• ispractical, solutions-focused and confident to take responsibility for delivery.
• quality-focused,with a strong commitment to customer satisfaction

Role context: Our programmes support MSME developmentthrough a range of business development interventions, including trainingworkshops, webinars, online learning tools and ecosystem events that createopportunities for networking, collaboration and growth. This role isresponsible for coordinating and overseeing the effective execution of theportfolio activities, working closely with internal teams, facilitators,speakers, partners and external logistics providers to ensure well-planned,high-quality delivery.

What will you do:

• Own the operational execution of MSME Training and ecosystem events, ensuring activities are planned,coordinated and delivered to the required standard.
• Manage training schedules and participant administration, including calendars, registrations,agendas, pre-work, surveys and related communications.
• Coordinate facilitators, speakers, mentors, participants and internal stakeholders to ensure smooth delivery of portfoliodeliverables including events.
• Manage workshop systems, data and reporting,including LMS administration, attendance, feedback, results and monthly/quarterly reporting.
• Coordinate financial administration including commitment-fee payments, invoices and related workshop requirements.
• Oversee external logistics providers – End to end management of logistics service providers
• Support ecosystem events and opportunities,including event applications, travel, collateral, speakers, mentors,participant communications and exhibition support.

Requirements

• Arelevant Degree in Events Management, Business Management/Administration,Project Management, Communications or a related field.
• Experiencein the events industry and/or an established network of event-related serviceproviders is critical.
• Minimum5 years' relevant experience in training, event programme/project management ordelivery, or a similar operational role.
• Demonstratedexperience managing multiple stakeholders, deadlines and activities through tosuccessful delivery.
• Strongorganisational and administrative skills, with excellent attention to detail.
• Strongdata handling, reporting and communication skills.
• Experiencewith LMS, registration-form, CRM and Zoom administration would be advantageous.
• Experienceor knowledge of enterprise development, entrepreneurship or the SMMEenvironment would be advantageous.

• Flexible working policy
• Medical aid and Vitality Group life cover and access to a financial advisor
• Study support
• Extra leave perks
• A competitive salary
• Wellness programme
• The chance to make a real difference
• Collaborate with an amazing skilled and passionate team